Lives
Michigan
Handicap
10-14
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
A few times a week

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Average Rating

2.5
2.5
Total 2 Reviews

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1
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Recommended Courses
0
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2
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First Review
06/05/2013
Last Review
04/11/2017

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Fox Creek Golf Course

Played On 04/10/2017
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Your average American muni

Nothing incredible, but a decent enough 18 to fill the regular golf needs of someone who live in Livonia. Just don't drive out of your way to play here. I'd avoid playing until late-May when the course is able to fully recover from the weekend as there are many other course in the Detroit area in better 'spring' shape. Course has some serious drainage issues resulting in incredibly soggy fairways and roughs following any form of heavy rain and for much of the early season. In peak summer condition Fox Creek very much your average American muni course with pretty open holes where you really need to shank one to find trouble. As with just about any course on par with F.C. don't be surprised to occasionally encounter slow play due to the high number of seniors, 'weekend hackers' and beginners who play here.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tree top views, municipal maintenance.

This was my first time visiting Treetops, and maybe my expectations coming in to the course was too high, but even with may deeply-discounted round through golfnow I was left extremely disappointed. I played the "Signature" course, which does offer a number of scenic vistas throughout the track which winds through the woods and hills of norther Michigan. However, the major let down was the extreme failure of proper course maintenance. If a course prices itself at $100+ a round I believe it is fair to expect a high-level of overall course conditions. Instead, this is what I found:
-Unevenly mowed tee boxes littered with divots so numerous it was impossible to not be force to stand in one and broken tees everywhere.
-Bunkers that have not seen fresh sand in some time and are not raked daily by staff.
-Fairways with numerous soggy spots due to poor drainage
-Cart paths that were 25% paved, the rest being dirt/gravel or just grass
-Healthy, long rough that presented a challenge but filled with piles of clippings and no clean first cut.
-Greens (the worst part) with dead spots, signs of mold damage, ball marks more plentiful than dimples on a golf ball, and even entire baseball-sized chunks of turf missing from the green.
-Golf carts are gas-powered and showing their age. No sand, tees, or ball washer was provided on them.

To sum things up, the course had the maintenance of a regular municipal course at very best, which significantly devalues the Treetop experience. I've played just about every other resort course in the state, all of which are similarly priced. In the future I will probably stick to those other options like Crystal Mtn, Boyne, and Tullymore which seems to get all the aspects of running a course including the small details beyond just mowing the grass everyday right.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/20/2013

I believe this review is overly critical. I played the course on 16 June, only 11 days later and the greens were in great shape so I guess it's a tip of the cap to the grounds crew for turning this apparent "cow pasture" into a beautiful northern Michigan golf course in only 11 days. In fairness, there are places around the course where the cart path is not paved, but is that really a reason to discourage people from playing this gem of a course? I guess Golf Digest must have it all wrong by ranking this course as one of the top courses in Michigan. The tee boxes on a few holes were a bit "organic" but no where near as unplayable as this reviewer suggests. I hear what is being said about a course costing $100+ and expecting better conditions, but you will miss out on a great golf course if you decide to skip this course based on what I think is over exaggerated information.

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